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# The Solidity Contract-Oriented Programming Language
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## Useful links
To get started you can find an introduction to the language in the [Solidity documentation](https://solidity.readthedocs.org). In the documentation, you can find [code examples](https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/latest/solidity-by-example.html) as well as [a reference](https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/latest/solidity-in-depth.html) of the syntax and details on how to write smart contracts.

You can start using [Solidity in your browser](https://ethereum.github.io/browser-solidity/) with no need to download or compile anything.

The changelog for this project can be found [here](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/blob/develop/Changelog.md).

Solidity is still under development. So please do not hesitate and open an [issue in GitHub](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/issues) if you encounter anything strange.

## Building
See the [Solidity documentation](https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installing-solidity.html#building-from-source) for build instructions.

## How to Contribute
Please see our contribution guidelines in [the Solidity documentation](https://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html).

Any contributions are welcome!